Process for forming candy



June 24, 1930. w. B. LASKEY PROCESS FOR FORMING CANDY Filed April 26,1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ll illiamfllaskey ATTORNEY Jpne 24, 1930.w. B. LASKEY PROCESS FOR FORMING CANDY Filed April 26, 1927 2SheetsSheet 2 iNVENTOR ATTORNEY bifurcated to receive thepin 38 on theplungtwo cani lugs31. On this shaft 27 there are slidably mounted thelinks 32 which are provided with slots 33 through which the shaft 27extends and with cam rollers 34 at their upper free ends-to cooperatewithanct be engaged by th'elug's 31." i On the pin 26,

35, oneendof which isprovidedwith a projection3Qtmvelingin the minilfs'tof the box cam 1 3'0"; and othenend "or "which is er shank 39.

41 formed on the base B, by means of which the'i'ollers 34are yiel dablymaintained in engagement with -cam lu'gs 31. I V

Toopposi-te'sides of th tank 'T at the front endit here'of,thereare"pivotally mounted the 1 .0

bent levers =42,- the d dwnwar dl extenkl-in a'i ms of whicharefbifurcatedto receive the pins 17 oftheblock l5. To theop'positeisides of the tan'k T and atth'e'rear end thereof, there arepivotal'ly mounted the bent levers 43, the 'downwardly extending arms ofwhich are I b'ifurcated to receive thepins 18. The bent levers havefixed to their pivotal -'points the 4 4; extendingforwardlyfandat thefront er'id thereof there are formedthe pins 45 engaged "by therecesses46'-for1ned in the rearendsof the rearwardly extending arms of theleve'rs 142. The *re'arwarc lly extending arms of the -l'evers 43' arepivotal'lyf connected" to the 'lovw'rerends of th'e links 325 r In thiswaygthejs'pri 11 4s; unction;-yie1d-* closed-position,-wlfile the lugs"31oppose the springs 40 to" separate the "knives to free the opening21." i' v 1 The actuation of the near link 32 *also {serves to actuatethe conveyor l by the means new to 'be described. The 'nea-r link i 32"has pivotally connected thereto the link"'47';' and V ;'the lower nd'ofsuch linlr' 47 is pivotally c'on- "nected to' the *short' link 48"pivotally fconnected to the shaft '10 adjacentto the ratchet'Pivota'llycoiinected" to the' 'pivotal connection of the links 47' andf48,' there is-p'rovided the pawl :5Ofwhieli' is yieldablyinaintained inenga ement with the ratchet wheel 49 in: the usual way.Fromthisconnection it willthu's 511 p pear; that when the lugs 31actuatethe links 32 to; ascend; the near link'f32 will' in turnthrou'ghthelinks 47 and48" actu'atefthe pawl 50 m turn'to actuatetheratchet-wheel 49. On the other hand, when the lugs 3ijsw'ing downwardlyto permit thesp ings 40to lower p j the "link 132';- the" linksi47= will'be returnedin theflusual' way without aetua ting the ratchet wh'eel49;

I "the conduit 51 which' 'e'x'tefids;upwardly into 7 v.ftheicylindricalchambeI Fformd-by the cylin- "final extension 52extending-upward1y from there is mounted'the lever The lower ends of thelinks f32 are connected bythe springs 40.1with'th'e' abutments.

the reservoir 53, the reservoir 53 being secured above theupper endofthe tank T by the brackets 54 and 55: The upper end of the conduit 51is sealed and is provided with a; disc '56 fittingsnugly in thecylindrical chamber-formed by the extension 52. ;-Bel0w -the-disc56,there is formed an opening 57 in the conduit 51. In the cylindricalextension 52fthere Y is i provided an opening 5'8; The 7 lower endoftheconduit 5 1, togwit the nozzle -58-are predetermined in theirpositions re spectively relative to the extent of descent of the;plunger shank- 39. In other Words, as the plunger 39 descends and duringthe last half of its downward-stroke,'"the 'semi liquid: sub stancecontained in the reservoir 23is caused extrude w esto extrude'untillthev plunger 39 has finished its downward stroke.

The discharge opening 21 in which-thenozzle-=23'-'is positionedwhenraised, in the press ent instance eons'titutesthe initial formingfelem'e'nty the lateral wallof the opening 21 constituting a mould wall'i nitiailly toviorin" and'sha'pe-the lateral face or faces of the unitto, be' discharged' from such opening.

The operation issubstantially as' Assume that the candy or candy 4center Qto be -forme'd-iscom-pOsecl of an outer body-of plasticmat'erial such as a cocoanut mixture and the inner body member of asemi-liquid material such as a jelly substance. 1 The tank I cam frollers" 34 with i the lugs '31 1 and the springs 40 urging the links 32downwardly.

Simultaneously therewith; thecoope'r'ation of,

the box cam 30 withthe "proje'ction 36 on the lever 35'=will'cau'se' theplunger -shank 39: to

follows:

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descend. I Initially, the head'22 of the shank 7 39 will merelyeX-trude: aunit from the'op'en- 'ing 21, withthe nozzle 23extendingiintosuch unit; 24 downtoa short distance frorn the bot ito'mot the J unit. Then" asthe disc 56 passes below the o ening 58in,-theextension 52, the

56' will actas-a piston headto force the substance 'contained' in theextension r 52 below the disc 56 into the conduit-51 through theopenings 57 whereupon the pressure so exercised will cause the substancecontained inthe conduit 5l to discharge from the nozzle {23 untothe-center of the unit 24 until :the

plunger shank 39 has reached the lower end Y Q of its stroke; 7Thereupon; the knives 19: and

20 will againbe caused tocloseg thereby form 1 ing the upper surface 'ofthe 1'1nit24, at :the '1 terial, extruded, and also closing the opening1 same time cutting off the portion of the ma- Simultaneously, with theclosing action of the knives l9 and 20 caused by the actuation of thelinks 32, the plunger shank 39 will be caused to rise, andtherebywithdraw the nozzle 23 out of the pathway {of the knives and outof the unit 2 L while it is being discharged upon the conveyor 4, andthereupon the link 47 will be reciprocated inturn toadvance the conveyor4 a predetermined interval.

' It is of course understood'that if, for any reason, the closingoperation of the knives 19 and 20 should be out of time relative to theWithdrawal of the nozzle 23, jamming of the machine cannot result, sincethe closing action of the knives 19 and 20 is effected by yieldablespring power, to wit, the spring 40. In other words, if the knives 19and 20 should close upon the nozzle 23 before the nozzle is,withdrawmthe knives will merely be held in yieldable engagement withthe nozzle 23 until the nozzle 23 has moved upwardly far enough,whereupon the continued closing tension exerclsed by the spring 4O onthe knives 19 and 20 Will then operate to complete the closing action ofthe knives 19 and 20.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thevarious steps of the process constituting the present invention and inthe machine for carrying out such process without departing-from thegeneral" spirit of the invention set forth in the appended claim. I

I claim:

The process of forming'and shaping a candy unit composed of 'a plasticmassand a filling, consisting in segregating and shaping a predeterminedamount of plastic material from a main 'mass of plasticmaterial,segregating a predetermined supply of a second character ofsubstanceto constitute the filling, extruding the predetermined amountof plastic material by subjecting thesam'e to a.

predetermined pressure and simultaneously orming a depression inthesame, during the latter portion of the extruding action, extruding apredetermined portion of said segregated second characterofsubstanceinto the depression formed in the extruded portion of plasticmaterial by subjecting the segregated second character of substanceto a"predetermined pressure, thereupon cutting off a unit from the portion ofplastic'mass so extruded to form the upper surface of the unit so formedand,simultaneously forming the lower surface of the succeeding unit tobe extruded, and thereupon replenishing the segregated predeterminedsupply of the second character of substance in preparation for t thesucceeding extruding action.

WILLIAM B. LASKEY.

